Author: jasondsears

Yesterday we celebrated the Bethlehem candle - signifying the preparation for Christ, and - as articulated by the prophet Micah - the peace of Christ.  How often do we lose ourselves in the frenetic and chaotic pace of December, and completely lose the Peace that Christ has brought, can bring, and will bring.Our style was a tad different yesterday, especially in contrast to next week's Christmas worship service - Do Not Fear.  Join us if you can, for either morning service - 8:15 and 10:45.  Yesterday's instrumentation was acoustic guitar, bass, percussion, and piano, and a single female vocal along…

Happy Advent Season!  I do love this season, and the paradox of the birth of a child bringing peace to our chaotic world.  And it seems with every passing year that our lives become more frenetic and the peace that Christ brings becomes so much more relevant and needed!We opened yesterday with All Who Are Thirsty.After our call to worship we sang Everlasting God, Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, O Come Emmanuel, and Never OnceOur offering song was Light of the World, sung by Carlee Green.Make plans to join us in two weeks at either morning service for our 2016 Christmas service…

We had our choir lead yesterday - I always love choir Sundays, and I always write that I love choir Sundays - because they're great opportunities to get as many as want to be involved, helping to lead in worship.  If you've thought about joining us in choir before - there's never been a better time to join us, as we're zeroing in on our December 11th Christmas service.Yesterday's service was a tad different than normal choir Sundays.  I like to plan.  I like to plan ahead, and as with most choir sundays - this was planned a few weeks…

I'm not one to brag, but my oldest son joined me for the first time in the band this Sunday on the bass... and he nailed it.  Proud dad moment.  If you're reading this and also sitting in our pews with the idea that you might like to play or sing with us - now is the time!  Come join us in choir as we prepare for Christmas, or come up and introduce yourself and let's talk about the instrument you may play!  I'd love to get you involved.We opened yesterday with May Jesus Christ Be Praised.After our call to…

We finished off our 2016 Stewardship series yesterday as Bob concluded his two-parter on the Good Samaritan.  If you missed one or both sermons - be sure to check them out on iTunes.We're also excited about our new giving platform and mobile app, in conjunction with the Pushpay church giving platform.  You can download the new app by texting the word OMPCAPP to 77977.We opened yesterday with a great, fun tune to sing called All My Fountains.After our call to worship we sang Hosanna, The Same Love, Jesus Paid it All, and O Come to the Altar.Our offering song was a…

Our choir led worship yesterday - i'm always so fond of our choir - their commitment to worship, music, fellowship and community, and their desire to lead others into the awesome presence of our most Holy God... Come join us as we prepare for Christmas!  Never too late to join choir.  We're rehearsing every Wednesday from 6-7 downstairs in the choir room.We opened yesterday with Heaven and EarthAfter our call to worship we sang Here For You, Come Thou Fount, Revelation Song (led by Carlee) and Agnus Dei.Our offering song was Holy by Matt Redman.

Yesterday was our US Mission Sunday with our guest speaker Mike Jones from Harvest Community Church.  It was a great time of hearing from our different worship US Missionaries, Campus Ministries and our Hispanic Ministry - Iglesia La Fe.We opened yesterday with Unstoppable God.After our call to worship we sang Soul on Fire, The Stand, God of This City and Be Thou My Vision.Our offering song was a tune played by the intern over at Iglesia La Fe - Sebastian Casas.

It was great to be back at OMPC after a wonderful time of vacation with my bride!  We changed things up stylistically just a tad from our normal "full band" sound, and had an acoustic feel with fiddle, acoustic guitar, some percussion and bass (along with piano of course).We opened Sunday with Come Ye Sinners.After our call to worship we sang Joyful, I AM, We Will Run, and Jesus Only Jesus.Our offering song was Because He Lives, sung by Carlee Green.